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Nonnymus wrote:
> Steve Calvin wrote:
>
>>
>> Yep, that's the old "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" kind of
>> thing. I just don't care for the SS look. I'm curious though, how many
>> years on average have you had the grills?

>
> The first was for about 6 years and abandon when we moved. The second
> was concurrent with a laid up pit and lasted about 8 years until
> retirement and relocation to a tiny lot, virtually no back yard and
> uber-suburban living. The current one is about 4 years old and plugging
> along as my main "stove." Here in the desert, Steve, most of us cook
> outdoors so we're not air conditioning and heating at the same time.
> <grin> It gets used about 4-5 times a week, supplemented with my IR
> grill and Bradley. I'm not gonna' tell you that things are perfect here
> in retirement city, since I really miss the 6 wooded acres, shooting
> beer cans while waiting for the food to be done, garage/pickup truck,
> critters, dogs. . . you know----the good stuff of life. Still, what I
> have pleases me and my friends tell me that I probably won't starve or
> starve out poor Mrs. Nonny.
>
> Nonny
>


geeze, you have had a lot better luck with 'em than I have.

Well, if you're ever in this neck of the woods in the summer
I've got 30 acres of trees in the Adirondacks. Lemme now and
we'll go shoot all the cans that ya want!

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Steve
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